Improvement in buttons



@hitch faire @anni @frn D. M. SOMERS, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND WALTER S, ATWOOD, 0F

` NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Lata-s Patent No. 72,929, zaad Legemeer s1, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: a

Be it known that we, D. M. SMERS, of thecity of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, and WALTER S. ATwooD, of the city ot Newark, county of Esseri, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Mode of Fastening Buttons to Materials; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in providing a button with a hollow cylindrical neck, terminating with a llange. A central stem, with a disk at one end, is passed through the material to be used into the hollow neck, clamping the material between the disk and said ange. The central stem is made smaller at Ythat portion which lies within the neck, which neckis compressed with a suitable instrument to fit the stem, thereby firmly attaching the button to the material.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we'will proceed to describe its constructionv and mode of attaching.

y We construct a button (as shown by tig. 1 in the accompanying drawing) of suitable material, and the styles and kinds that are in use, with a back that -has its centre extended into a hollow cylindrical neck, (marked N,) the lower 'end of which is expanded into a flange, (marked F.) We lalso construct a second piece, orcentral stem, with disk at one end, (as shown in iig. 2, or S in iig. 3.) The portion of the stem which lies within the neck N is reduced in diameter, as shown at A in iig. 2, or is reduced from opposite sides, as shown at A in g. 3. This stem may be pointed to pierce the cloth, when` allowable by the concavity in the pattern of the button. l To attach this button to the material required, we pass the central stem through the material into the neck of the button, and, by means of'a suitable instrument, as shown iniig. 5, the neck is compressed to it the reduced portion ofthe stern, as shown in figs. 4 and 5, thus attaching the button to the stem and firmly clasping the cloth. 4

Among the advantages we claim for this fastening, arc its general adaptability to thc buttons in use, the great rapidity with which it may be attached, and its permanent and erect position upon'the goods, when attached. f

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Providing buttons with a hollow neck, N, to be compressed to fit the diminished form of central stem S, as shownin iigs. 2 and`3, at A, substantially as herein specified and described for the purposes set forth.

D. M. SOMERS,

W. S. ATWOOD..

Witnesses:

D. T. Caooim'r'r, CHARLES A. HARRISON. 

